A crosswalk island isn’t for hanging out in the landscaping, it’s a break in the middle of the road so pedestrians only have to navigate one direction of traffic at a time when crossing a road.
My experience with refuge islands as a driver is also great. On roads where there’s one lane per direction, when I stop as I’m legally required to at a crosswalk where there’s a pedestrian waiting, I know there’s not going to be some inattentive dumbfuck on the opposite side driving through anyway and keeping the pedestrian waiting (and, by extension, me).
It makes the experience as a driver more predictable.
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As people already pointed, a fenced island. It looks better in a photo, but that’s not where people will be.
But yes, the speed of the cars is probably lower.
A crosswalk island isn’t for hanging out in the landscaping, it’s a break in the middle of the road so pedestrians only have to navigate one direction of traffic at a time when crossing a road.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuge_island
Also there are sidewalks now.
My experience with refuge islands as a driver is also great. On roads where there’s one lane per direction, when I stop as I’m legally required to at a crosswalk where there’s a pedestrian waiting, I know there’s not going to be some inattentive dumbfuck on the opposite side driving through anyway and keeping the pedestrian waiting (and, by extension, me).
It makes the experience as a driver more predictable.